US 12,137,266 B2
System for content delivery estimation
Brian Waller, Hillsborough, NJ (US); Anurag Arora, Karnataka (IN); Ashoka Ramakrishnappa, Bangalore (IN); and Brajesh Arora, Cupertino, CA (US)
Assigned to ARRIS Enterprises LLC, Suwanee, GA (US)
Filed by ARRIS Enterprises LLC, Suwanee, GA (US)
Filed on Jan. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/574,085.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/166,905, filed on Mar. 26, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202131003197 (IN), filed on Jan. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0239968 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 21/2665 (2011.01); H04N 21/2343 (2011.01); H04N 21/2347 (2011.01); H04N 21/25 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/2665 (2013.01) [H04N 21/234309 (2013.01); H04N 21/2347 (2013.01); H04N 21/251 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for processing each of a plurality of video files within a video content management system having a processor that performs a plurality of sequential processes that together receive, transcode, and make available each of the video files to a target platform, each process associated with a respectively different queue, the processor configured to:
(a) estimate, using a predictive analysis process, respective end times that each of said video files will be said available for said target platform;
(b) comparing each of said respective end times to a start of a respective licensing window associated with said respective video file for said target platform;
(c) based on the comparison, generate an alert indicating that a late video file has an associated end time following the start of its respective licensing window; and
(d) receive and implement an instruction that rearranges at least some of the plurality of video files in their respective queues in a manner that the late video file no longer has an associated end time following the start of its respective licensing window.